PhD student in Efficient System Solutions for Heavy Electric Trucks

Project description
To meet demanding climate targets a lot of trucks will be electrified in just 10 years time to eliminate their use of fossil fuels. Volvo Truck is at the forefront of this transition, offering electric trucks for all their product ranges. So far the focus has been trucks for shorter distances but this project will help Volvo and their customers finding cost effective systems for electrifying medium and long distance transport. In this PhD project, you will develop methods to analyse and design such systems and suggest solutions for some real transport cases in cooperation with Volvo Trucks.

As the research topic is within a rapid developing field, this PhD project is part of a large research and development environment and will offer many opportunities for cooperation with researchers in many disciplines as well as many companies and organizations in the transport sector. The results are likely to be put to use quickly and contribute to speed up the transition to fossil free transport.

The position is at the Automatic Control group at the department of Electrical Engineering. At the heart of automatic control is the analysis of dynamical systems. The research concerns both fundamental questions in control methodology and applications of control in areas of industrial and societal interest. We are particularly interested in environmental and biological systems, applications in transportation and vehicle technology, and in systems and control aspects of electric power systems.

Major responsibilities
Your major responsibilities are to pursue your own doctoral studies. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research verbally and in writing.

60 % of your work will be research in your project, publish and present scientific articles and take part in discussions.
20% is spent on taking PhD courses in relevant topics.
20% is spent as a teaching assistant on BSc and MSc level in courses on Systems, Control and Mechatronics.

Contract terms
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years.

Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you need a Master of Science corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits in Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Mechatronics or similar. You have good understanding of technical systems - preferably acquired through experience in modeling, simulation and analysis of systems. Experience in system design and optimization is meritorious. You also need to be highly motivated, have a natural problem-solving ability and enjoy working both independently and in a team.

As Chalmers is a highly international working environment, good English skills is demanded. Ability to speak Swedish is a merit as it simplifies interaction with the Swedish Transport Administration.

We offer
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the coastal city of Gothenburg. 
Read more about working at Chalmers and our benefits for employees.

Chalmers aims to actively improve our gender balance. We work broadly with equality projects, for example the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
Learn more and apply here: https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/Working-at-Chalmers/Vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=9780


Application deadline: 3 October, 2021